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Public health guidance on HIV, hepatitis B and C testing in the EU/EEA

Reaching and testing those at risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) is still a public health challenge across Europe. One in...

Prevention technologies — European prevention conference opens today

What do we know about how research evidence is used in the ‘real world’ of prevention? How can we take advantage of technology to promote the use of evidence in policy and...

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WHO Guidelines for the care and treatment of persons diagnosed with chronic hepatitic C virus infection

WHO estimates that in 2015, 71 million persons were living with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection worldwide and that 399 000 died from cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma caused by HCV infection...

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Drug consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence (Perspectives on drugs)

Supervised drug consumption facilities, where illicit drugs can be used under the supervision of trained staff, have been operating in Europe for the last three decades. These facilities primarily aim to reduce...

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The misuse of benzodiazepines among high-risk opioid users in Europe (Perspectives on drugs)

Benzodiazepines are a widely prescribed group of medicines with a range of clinical uses, including the treatment of anxiety and insomnia and the management of alcohol withdrawal. For a number of reasons...

Promoting evidence-based health decision-making

Facilitating evidence-based health decision-making among professionals, patients and policymakers will be just one of the issues discussed today by EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel and Chief Executive Officer of the Cochrane Collaboration Mark...

Call for abstracts for 2018 EUSPR conference

A call for abstracts is now open for the 9th annual conference of the European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR).

Official visit of EMCDDA Director to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

23.01.2018 to 24.01.2018

The purpose of the visit is to discuss opportunities for further collaboration between the two agencies. Since signing a formal EMCDDA–ECDC cooperation agreement in 2007, the two agencies have worked together on...

Infographic: Service needs and responses for some sub-groups of women with drug problems

A gender-responsive approach is required to meet the needs of women who use drugs. This incorporates a consideration of women’s needs in all aspects of service design and delivery: structure and organisation...

Three concentric circles follow an arrow named Response chosen. The inner one shows Implementation, from which departs an arrow named Assessment. The middle one asks Who, Where and How, further details of which are shown in the outer one.

Infographic: Factors to be considered in stage 3: implementation

Successful implementation of any policy response depends on a range of factors that will need to be considered when planning or reviewing policies or programmes. Visual description: Three concentric circles show the factors...